Nanny and the Alpha Daddy

#Chapter 164: New Horizons

Moana

When we were finished with the tour, we stopped in the downstairs foyer. Headmistress Hawkins smiled at us, her brown eyes radiating with kindness.

“Well?” she asked. “What do you think?”

I looked over at Edrick expectantly. He was fairly quiet throughout the entire tour, only occasionally asking questions. I was a bit worried that he wouldn’t like it and that he would make up some excuse to say no, but much to my surprise, he looked down at Ella with a gentle smile.

“It’s up to you, Ella,” he said. “Do you like this school?”

Ella nodded excitedly. “I really like it here!” she said, squeezing Edrick’s hand tightly. “I really want to go to school here!”

Edrick smiled and looked up at the headmistress. “Well, I guess that’s that,” he said with a bit of a chuckle.

Headmistress Hawkins grinned. “Perfect,” she replied. “Let’s get you enrolled.”

…

That day, we got Ella enrolled in school. The school year would begin in just a few short weeks, which was fairly short notice, but I knew that Edrick would make sure that Ella was prepared.

even getting her to sleep was a battle because she was so excited. It made me feel warm inside to see her get so excited over school, and I

only thing

empty art classroom. It was important for any child to have access to a good art program in school, and it made me sad to think that the children at that school had been without a proper art program for years since the last art teacher passed away. Ella loved that school and wanted to go there so badly, and it was the perfect place for her to go, but it made me uneasy to think that she would be without a proper art class for the foreseeable future. Sure, I could give her some art lessons and make sure that she had time to be creative when she was home, but it wasn’t fair for the other students to not have

from the thoughtful look on Edrick’s face that he was dealing with an internal dilemma as well. He was leaning on the balcony railing and looking out over the city, and when I came out, he looked over his shoulder at me

I said, walking up to

I knew what he was thinking about: he was worried

“You’re worried about her.”

as though he didn’t want to admit that he actually

Ella’s new school wasn’t very far and was a nice walk in a safe neighborhood, it was still the city, after all. Anything could happen, and I understood why Edrick was scared. Even the paparazzi

course need to be chaperoned both two and from school until she was at least a few years older. But I also knew that having her away from

gently. “You don’t need to worry so much. And it’s in a safe neighborhood,

heart sink; he wasn’t wrong. Bad things happened in schools all of the time,

degree in early childhood education with a concentration in art therapy. I did also have some teaching

Ella all day in case something happens. You won’t need to worry

touring the school together earlier that day, but it seemed as though he didn’t think

he asked, gesturing lightly toward my growing belly. “Won’t it be too much for you, especially

everything that happened with the Rogues. “I’m not worried. I might need a little extra help at home since I’ll be working every day, but it’s not like taking care of Ella is a chore in the slightest. Besides…

when the baby comes?” he asked. “Won’t it be stressful to start

have Selina, and the maids, and I have you. And don’t forget that they

moment. “I guess you’re right. I’m… sorry if it seems like I’m trying to talk you out of